[QUOTE=bayview;243378]The trawler definition thread morphed into old cars and the GPS thread became an ultra light thread. Is this kind of wandering off course the norm on these forums? Even my wife's lunch group eventually returns to the original topic.[/QUOTE]

In this classic drift, bayview a TF newbie, a boisterous, brawling, fun-loving rebel who swaggers into the world of a mental hospital.

Lusty, life-affirming fighters all, the drifter rallies the other patients around him by challenging the dictatorship of the mods. They promotes gambling in the ward, smuggles in wine and women, and openly defies the rules at every turn. But this defiance, which starts as a sport, soon develops into a grim struggle, an all-out war between two relentless opponents: the mods back by the full power of authority, and the drifters, only have their own indomitable will.

What happens when the mods uses their ultimate weapon against the group provides the threads shocking climax.

As to your wife's lunch group, I have no idea. However, I'm surprised that it has focus on a primary topic. Guess I just picture groups more like this:

Sybil: I do believe we need to all go shopping together more often.
Rachel: Definitely. Maybe next time to Nordstrom's.
Jane: I was thinking maybe some specialty stores.
Louisa: Did you girls know Julie is having an affair with the tennis pro.
Rachel: That slut. Last time it was her personal trainer.
Sybil: Well she does have good taste. Have you seen that guy's abs.
Rachel: The tennis pro or trainer's abs?
Sybil: Both
Carmen: I saw her going into planned parenthood.
Rachel: Oh my god, you don't think?
Sybil: Well, you know her husband can't perform don't you? Not since he went on meds for his depression.
Rachel: That woman is enough to depress a man.
Sybil: Bet I could get him to perform.
All: Laughing and saying we must do this again soon.

I don't think I was the one that introduced goats into the thread. I did recognize one of the goats in the video. His name is revenuer, and he doesn't seem to be doing well. He's been trying to exist on a diet of e-mails.